Congratulations to our designers for winning 9 of the 12 awards
from the Southeastern Library Association's Southern Books Competition! The complete list of winners is available here.

UGA Press authors John Inscoe and Drew Swanson weigh-in on the proposed closure of the Georgia State Archives. The state secretary recently announced that the archives would be closed to the public except by appointment-only, and the staff would be reduced from ten employees to three.

Some of James Holland's photographs are on display in the new Altamaha exhibit from the University of Georgia's College of Environment and Design. The opening of the exhibit also coincides with the opening of the new Circle Gallery. The Athens Banner-Herald reports on the September 20 event. ALTAMAHA co-author and UGA professor Dorinda Dallmeyer is quoted.

Review of Vincent Carretta's PHILLIS WHEATLEY in the latest issue of the Journal of American History. "[Carretta's] discoveries provide not only new information but also newly broadened avenues for exploring
Wheatley's unique development as a writer"